31DC2013 Day 24, Inspired by an e-book reader

Friday, 25 October 2013

Now that United In Pink is over I will take up the 31 Day Challenge again. I know there is a green initiative going on right now to raise awareness about depression and I support that fully but I feel like I've already missed such a lot of it. Hence I have decided to focus on the challenge instead.

Day 24 is supposed to be inspired by a book but rather than picking a book I like I came up with the idea of drawing inspiration from my book reading device. I got an e-book reader about a year and a half ago and I really like it for a number of reasons. Compared with regular books it has the advantage that I can read the thickest book without having to carry it all and I can also take extra books with me without any problems. Compared with reading on a tablet or mobile it has a the great advantage (to me) that it can't do anything else, it won't distract me with e-mail notifications or Wordfeud updates. It also sports great battery life!

This design is done using a white/grey base over which I've stamped part of a BM-311 design. I've topped the result with matte top coat and have then created a red window around it symbolising my e-reader. You might be wondering about the strange accent nail, it makes no sense if you've not seen my homemade cover which is blue with white dots (fabric from Tiogruppen). I like the result a lot, I think this turned out both nice and rather clever.